MADRID, Spain -- A 22ft (seven metre) long wasps nest has been discovered in an abandoned house by police officers in San Sebastian de La Gomera on the island of Tenerife after a series of calls from concerned neighbours; it sets the new world record for the Largest wasp nest (indoor),
according to the World Record Academy: www.worldrecordacademy.com/.

Photo: Police officers in Spain have found a seven meter long nest of wasps in an abandoned house located in San Sebastian de La Gomera on Tenerife Island.
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The Guinness world record for the largest wasp nest ever recorded was found on a farm at Waimaukau, New Zealand; it measured 3.7 m (12 ft 2 in) long, and was 1.75 m (5.25 ft) in diameter and approximately 5.5 m (18 ft) in circumference. It had probably been constructed by introduced German wasps (Vespula germanica).

Guinness World Records also recognized the world record for the largest bird's nest; it was built by a pair of bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), and possibly their successors, near St Petersburg, Florida, USA and measured 2.9 m (9 ft 6 in) wide and 6 m (20 ft) deep. It was examined in 1963 and was estimated to weigh more than two tonnes (4,409 lb).

A seven metre long wasps nest has reportedly been discovered in an abandoned house by police officers in San Sebastian de La Gomera on the island of Tenerife after a series of calls from concerned neighbours.

Experts said the wasps are believed to be an invasive species migrated from Africa as the native variety would not build a nest of such a large size.

The Canary Islands are located around 100km from the African coast.

Nests are typically made of a paper-like pulp. They are composed of wood-scrapings which the wasps chew with their saliva to create a papier-mache-like substance.

Officials had blocked the house off, and were still figuring out how to measure and then get rid of it.